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inferior - one of lesser rank or station or quality |
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higher-up,
superior,
superordinate a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth
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follower a person who accepts the leadership of another
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inferior - of low or inferior quality |
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superior (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by; "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"
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worst (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition; "the worst player on the team"; "the worst weather of the year"
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caliber,
calibre,
quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
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bad feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
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base debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"
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bum,
cheap,
cheesy,
chintzy,
crummy,
punk,
sleazy,
tinny of very poor quality; flimsy
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bush,
bush-league not of the highest quality or sophistication
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cheapjack,
shoddy,
tawdry cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist
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coarse,
common lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"
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coarsened made coarse or crude by lack of skill
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commercial,
commercial-grade connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises; "commercial trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds"
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deplorable,
execrable,
miserable,
woeful,
wretched bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
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less (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less"
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low-grade of inferior quality
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mediocre,
second-rate poor to middling in quality; "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"
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ropey,
ropy (British informal) very poor in quality; "ropey food"; "a ropey performance"
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scrawny,
scrubby,
stunted inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"
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second-class of inferior status or quality; "a second-class citizen"; "second-class accommodations"
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third-rate of lesser quality than second-rate
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utility
utility-grade
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inferior - of or characteristic of low rank or importance |
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superior (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by; "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"
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low literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"
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low literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"
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low-level,
subordinate occurring at a relatively low altitude; "a low-level strafing run"
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humble,
low,
lowly,
modest,
small marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski
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indifferent showing no care or concern in attitude or action; "indifferent to the sufferings of others"; "indifferent to her plea"
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low-level occurring at a relatively low altitude; "a low-level strafing run"
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middle-level intermediate in rank or position; "middle-level management"
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outclassed decisively surpassed by something else so as to appear to be of a lower class
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inferior - having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" |
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superior (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by; "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"
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astronomy,
uranology the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
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inferior - lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery" |
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bottom the lowest rank; "bottom member of the class"
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anatomy,
general anatomy a detailed analysis; "he studied the anatomy of crimes"
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